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Show Son of Cedar City Couple Loses Life In Prison Ship Sinking Another local man has been reported re-ported lost when the ill-fated Jap-ar.es? Jap-ar.es? prisoner ship was sunk by FUfcmarine action on 'October 24,1 1944, two hundred miles off thej Coast of China. Only five prisoners j are1 reported lo have escaped from the sinking, which wt.s one of thej most traggic reported during the war. Hundreds of piisoners were reported to have ben crammed into the filthy ship, under conditions so terrible that the men prayed that the ship be- siuik. Pvt. Maurice E. Clothier, 23, son( of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clothier, formerly of Minersville, bu: now C d: r City residents, is reported to have died as a result of the action. Austin L. Halterman of Parowan, was tlso reported lost wh n the ship wen' down. ' j Pvt. Clothier was born In Minersville Min-ersville on Dec mber 2, 1921. He enlisted en-listed for service with the army on November 24, 1940, and was stationed station-ed at Angel Island, California, where he remained until January 27, 1941, when he was transferred to the Philippines. He had ben aj prisoner of the Japanese since the fall of Corregldcr on May 6, 1942. Survivors include his parents, two brothers and four sisters: T. L. Clothier, Delta; W. F. Clothier, Cedar City; Mrs. Lorraine Jameson, Jame-son, Cedar City; Mrs. Cuss Mullcn-eaux, Mullcn-eaux, Suffcrd, AHzona; Mrs. George Murray, Kelso, California, and Mrs. Floyd Heyborne, San Pedro California. Cali-fornia. I |